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LET’S GET IT STARTED: MGM had been waiting on approval from the Springfield City Council for proposed changes to the casino site plan, but also on something even more important: the council’s permission for the city to amend the host community agreement with the...
Casino Mixtape: Commissioners are out, billboards are up, and MGM polishes its PowerPoint
Here are our greatest hits on the casino playlist this week: Writing’s on the Wall: If you drive fast down I-91 and squint, you can see construction crews hard at work at the casino site. Take a second look, though, and you’ll notice that the giant workers, posed...MGM Mixtape: Communication Breakdown, Closing Time, and No Guarantees
Hooh, boy. It’s been a roller coaster ride for MGM Springfield over the past few weeks, replete with rejiggered construction timelines, changed plans, and urgent backroom meetings with the mayor’s office. Here are our greatest hits on the casino playlist this week:...
Bait and Switch? Cut and Run? or Just a Bump in the Road? Big changes test Springfield’s faith in MGM
In October 2007, MGM announced plans to build a $5 billion casino resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In addition to slots, tables, and hotel rooms, renderings of the 60-acre complex boasted restaurants, clubs, and retail space. Among 11 other nearby casinos, MGM...
MGM Mixtape, Oct. 8-15, 2015
Red Tape: Seeing the writing on the wall, Springfield City Council President Michael Fenton wanted to test the waters with a ballot question asking voters, “Do you support an amendment to the Host Community Agreement between MGM Springfield and the City of...
Play it Again, Sam: MGM pitches a major redesign
If there is a silver lining to MGM Springfield’s construction delays, it may be that casino execs have had some extra time to check the books on this $800+ million project. And it’s a good thing they did. Due to budgetary concerns, the company has just announced that...MGM Mixtape: We’re in the Money!
Here’s what’s on our MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: At Last: MGM executives cleared two major hurdles on Aug. 6, when the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to approve a historic preservation agreement between the company and local and state historical...
MGM Casino Mixtape: The band is breaking up, and meeting in secret
On the MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: Brothers in Arms: In their host agreement with the city of Springfield, MGM promised to create at least 2,000 jobs during construction of the casino. The hiring for these jobs needs to meet specific demographic quotas...MGM Mixtape, July 16-22, 2105
Right Here Waiting: The Massachusetts Gaming Commission will pay Springfield $350,000 to establish a trust that will preserve all historic buildings within a half-mile radius of the casino footprint. These funds match an investment promised by MGM. Ostensibly, this is...MGM Casino Playlist July 2-8, 2015
On the MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: Highway 91 Revisited: MGM has come up against a hard truth: opening the downtown casino in 2017 would be a majorly-bad move if the extensive construction work planned for the Interstate 91 viaduct has not yet been...MGM Mixtape: Will the casino be built on time?
On the MGM Springfield casino playlist this week: As Time Goes By: MGM’s agreement with the city to complete all construction within 33 months — in other words, by the end of the summer of 2017 — may not be as iron-clad as it once seemed. What’s the challenge now? A...MGM Mixtape: Springfield officials get green light to gamble
The construction of MGM’s new $800 million casino resort in Springfield’s South End is like a 33-month-long marathon, and things are heating up. Exercise your right to stay up-to-date by joining us for a quick lap through the most recent casino news. Here are the...MGM Springfield Casino Mixtape: Why Can’t We Be Friends?
Limber up! It’s time for this week’s jog over to the site of MGM’s new casino resort in Springfield’s South End. Once you start tracking an $800 million construction project, the hits just keep on coming. So put those ear buds in, and let’s catch up on casino news...This Week’s Casino Mixtape
Grab your Walkman and your shiniest pair of dice — it’s time for our weekly jog over to the site of Springfield’s $800 million gamble: a brand spankin’ new MGM casino resort in the South End. Many are already singing the corporation’s praises. And since the complex...Casino Tracker: MGM 411
At the site of the future MGM casino in Springfield’s South End, groundbreaking has come and gone. That event symbolized the beginning of a new chapter for Springfield. This thing is really happening. And between now and July 2017, construction on this massive project...Past Control: Five weeks after groundbreaking, MGM Springfield is still grappling with historic preservation concerns
On March 24, cannons shot confetti over the heads of shovel-wielding politicians and corporate executives in a vacant lot in Springfield’s South End. Around them, hundreds had gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the MGM Springfield casino, which is...
Pour On! Holyoke’s 13 subsidized liquor licenses are all still up for grabs
Last September, the city of Holyoke threw a sweet deal on the table as part of an urban renewal plan that has been gestating for several years now: 13 new liquor licenses, procured from the state, intended to help revitalize four downtown neighborhoods along the...
Come again! How the corner store competes in a world of Amazon and Big-box
Trans World Food Market 50 Russell Street, Hadley Small Valley, big world Brothers David Tran, 22, and Sockha Son, 30, say the success of their market hinges on staffs’ ability to help customers find just what they’re looking for — even when customers don’t know...
Roll of the Dice: Businesses prepare to work with – or without – the MGM Springfield casino
Try as they might, MGM won’t be able to replicate downtown Northampton. Northampton mayor David Narkewicz says representatives of the MGM Springfield casino are attempting to recruit Northampton businesses to open up shop within the walls of their future gambling...
Keeping Promises: Springfield has some big plans, but will they pan out?
On March 24, at a public presentation at CityStage, Springfield officials set the clock two years ahead. The talk, titled “Vision 2017: The Right Direction” and led by city Chief Development Officer Kevin Kennedy, took an audience of 300 people on a journey through a...
Coming Up Short: Howard Street correctional center in Springfield needs $6 million to make way for casino
I n the midst of plans to vacate a building recently purchased by MGM Springfield, Hampden County Sheriff Michael Ashe got some bad news: funding had fallen through for the relocation of the Western Massachusetts Correctional Alcohol Center . The 29-year-old minimum...E-Edition
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